“I swear to god, Steve, I will drop the PASIV out of this fucking window if you don’t tell me RIGHT NOW why you thought taking this goddamn job was a good idea, what with Bucky running around in our heads trying to shoot us out of our dreams.”
“Can’t you feel it, Clint? You’re antsy. We’re all antsy. We’ve been the best dreamshare team there is out there since Cobb’s disbanded, and we haven’t gone under in over a year.”
Avengers Inception AU → wherein Thor of Odin Corp. hires Steve Rogers’ elite dreamsharing team to perform inception on his brother, Loki, and a shade of their ex-resident thief Bucky (who was killed when the team’s last job went horribly wrong) tries his best to sabotage it.
Or: Steve extracts, Tony builds, Clint runs point, Natasha’s a master of impersonation, Bruce concocts, Thor’s a tourist, and things happen.
The Avengers need good press: the ‘yes you’ll be half-naked Cap, but remember, it’s for charity’ edition.
the avengers | cop drama au
A series of murders of influential people in different cities across the country is the reason why Colonel Nick Fury, a decorated ex-army man consulting for the FBI has assembled a team of skilled detectives to solve the murders and stop the killer before more deaths occur. The investigation takes a personal turn when the brother of one Detective Odinson is implicated in the murders.
NOW, THE STORY OF A SUPERHERO TEAM WHO WAS NEEDED TO FIGHT THINGS, AND THE ONE MAN WHO HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER.
It’s Avengered Development.

Yes, Tony Stark, a man of today and tomorrow… Is the man I’ll never be.
I have so much, I know I shouldn’t envy Steve and his strengths. And yet I do. (x)

Clint can’t breathe. The ubiquitous Stark Industries billboard winks at him from up high, a slow-motion wash of pixels across a grimy screen. Thor’s hand clenches around Clint’s throat and presses him into the rickety ruins of the bus. Several feet away, Sif continues bleeding out onto the pavement next to Clint’s gun.
“Wake up,” Thor snarls. He grins, teeth stained red, jaw clicking. The hand around Clint’s neck tightens. His vision goes spotty and bright. “Time to die.”
— LIKE TEARS IN RAIN by Lucy, a Blade Runner / Avengers crossover